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... Mother.- Little Horace ' in Arlington Street . - Introduced to George I. - Characteristic Anecdote of George L. - Walpole's Education . - Schoolboy Days . - Boyish Friendships.- Companionship of Gray . - A Dreary Doom . - Walpole's ...
... Mother.- Little Horace ' in Arlington Street . - Introduced to George I. - Characteristic Anecdote of George L. - Walpole's Education . - Schoolboy Days . - Boyish Friendships.- Companionship of Gray . - A Dreary Doom . - Walpole's ...
Pagina 6
... mother , the Lady Katherine Manners , daughter and heiress of Francis , Earl of Rutland . Scarcely was he a year old , when the assassination of his father , by Felton , threw the affairs of his family into confusion . His mother ...
... mother , the Lady Katherine Manners , daughter and heiress of Francis , Earl of Rutland . Scarcely was he a year old , when the assassination of his father , by Felton , threw the affairs of his family into confusion . His mother ...
Pagina 7
... mother , the greatest estate of any subject . ' With this inheritance there had also descended to him the wonderful beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father . Great abilities , courage , fascination of manners , were ...
... mother , the greatest estate of any subject . ' With this inheritance there had also descended to him the wonderful beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father . Great abilities , courage , fascination of manners , were ...
Pagina 8
... mother blamed Lord Gerard one of the Duke's guardians ; whilst the Parliament seized the pretext of confiscating their estates , which were afterwards returned to them , on account of their being under time of confiscation . The youths ...
... mother blamed Lord Gerard one of the Duke's guardians ; whilst the Parliament seized the pretext of confiscating their estates , which were afterwards returned to them , on account of their being under time of confiscation . The youths ...
Pagina 11
... mother of Lord Somers had been placed in this old house for security , for she was on the eve of giving birth to the future statesman , who was born in that sanctuary just at this time . His father at that very moment commanded a troop ...
... mother of Lord Somers had been placed in this old house for security , for she was on the eve of giving birth to the future statesman , who was born in that sanctuary just at this time . His father at that very moment commanded a troop ...
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The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Volume 1 Katherine Thomson Volledige weergave - 1860 |
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Pagina 252 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
Pagina 100 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Pagina 6 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Pagina 297 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept...
Pagina 389 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair; None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair.
Pagina 252 - Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,1 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Pagina 42 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advised him,
Pagina 252 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was over-powered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
Pagina 252 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Pagina 370 - The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me.